How long did it take you to learn to drive?

scabby1

Hi, I have been having nearly two lessons every week since April and I'm still not a great driver. How long did it take ye to learn to drive? ps I dont have insurance just take lessons

Fluorescence

scabby1 wrote: »

Hi, I have been having nearly two lessons every week since April and I'm still not a great driver. How long did it take ye to learn to drive? ps I dont have insurance just take lessons

Got my licence after just under a year. I was test ready for a month or two though. Regular practise in your own car is key - try asking a friend or family member to add you as a named driver and take you out in between lessons. You'll progress much quicker that way.

MascotDec85

2.5 months and 16 lessons with no practice in between

tim3000

I have done 15-16 lessons cant afford insurance so I do a bit of sneaky practice in the car park of a local shopping center. Test is booked waiting on a date. OP have you booked the test yet? Try it you might get lucky.

dangerus06

thats a lot of lessons and a lot of money ,prob would not be a bad idea to change driving instructer at this stage ,where are you driving is the area very built up if it is this can make you very nervous esp if you no confidence and make learning harder ,best of luck you will get there it will all come together and you have nothing to worry about

catallus

It wouldn't hurt to change instructor, just to mix it up a bit. I'm not saying that your current instructor is no good, but you've had nearly 50 lessons? At how much a lesson? And you're still doubting your ability? Go to another professionally trained instructor, just for an assessment of your current skills, even.

I think I got something like 10 lessons over a period of three months, starting from scratch, passed no problems.

I can't tell you why

Apply for the test. Give it a go even just for the experience. You have had a lot of lessons. Based on what you have said it must be about 60. I have been an instructor 8 years and I have only had lady take any where near that amount of lessons. That was much more stop start, with big gaps in between. But she has a full licence now.

Greenmachine

I took 4 lesson and 1 pretest with driving inbetween.

Sugar Free

Five months between first driving and passing my test.

Mars Bar

9 months from my first lesson to passing my test. I had a month break in there when I was waiting for my learner permit to arrive so it was 8 months, really.

jimgoose

I learned to drive in 1984, at the age of twelve in a big ol' Mk. I Granada. I passed the car test in 2004 at the ripe old age of thirty-two. So - twenty years.

Eire Go Brach

About 40 hours of driving.

The_B_Man

My first 6 ADI lessons took 6 months!! So I was way behind from the start. Ditched that instructor and did the 2nd 6 lessons in 3 weeks.
Drove around a bit doing practice, picked up some bad habits, so now i've had to do more lessons to correct them for my test, which is in a few days (and I'm pretty sure I'll fail).

So since my first lesson, its been over a year and still no licence. Will probably be pushing 2 years from start to finish by the time I get it!!

tim3000

Not to hi-jack the thread but I rang my instructor today regarding the log book he said I didn't need it for the test. Is this right? On the RSA website it says to have t on the day of the test.

MascotDec85

tim3000 wrote: »

Not to hi-jack the thread but I rang my instructor today regarding the log book he said I didn't need it for the test. Is this right? On the RSA website it says to have t on the day of the test.

Your ADI is right. It hasn't been needed at the test since February

Fluorescence

tim3000 wrote: »

Not to hi-jack the thread but I rang my instructor today regarding the log book he said I didn't need it for the test. Is this right? On the RSA website it says to have t on the day of the test.

Yeah you don't need the log book anymore. So long as your instructor uploads your EDTs to the website, you're good to go!

tim3000

Fluorescence wrote: »

Yeah you don't need the log book anymore. So long as your instructor uploads your EDTs to the website, you're good to go!

Merci Beaucoup